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Online Resources
Online Courses:
Real English -- by Michael Marzio; online ESL site that utilizes authentic and natural ESL videos of people speaking real English on streets across the globe
StudyCom Languages For Internet -- Free English School On The Net
Some Models for Online ESL Teaching and Learning -- by Vance Stevens
The World Lecture Hall -- Repository of online courses
Learn English with songs (videos with lyrics)!
James Blunt - You're beautiful
Maroon 5 - Official Wake Up Call
Useful links to learn English
Literature Online
Free ESL Film/Movie Lessons
Film English provides totally free and in-depth lesson plans for English language education through film/movies.
The Film English website is an excellent ESL/TESL/TESOL (etc) resource for both English learners and teachers.
The lesson plans are guided and completely self-contained so you can jump right in and start learning English or using the free material to teach your students through film.
Free English Language Learning Videos with a Twist
Easy English is a fresh and fun English language education concept that provides you with free videos of real life English.
All videos include English and English subtitles so you can follow along with the interviews and improve your listening and reading skills simultaneously.
Watch, read along and learn as the Easy English team hits the streets to interview people in English on a growing variety of topics.
All for free!
Learn complete sentences in English using the latest memory research
The 50Language's system helps you speak in complete sentences from the start and applies the latest memory research to be sure you acquire the language effectively. The system is designed to get you familiar with the English language for life's most common situations.
50Languages for English offers 100 free lessons that provide beginners with the basic vocabulary necessary to get ahead in English. These lessons correspond with the European levels A1 and A2 and require no prior knowledge of grammar! The idea is to get you comfortable speaking short sentences in real-world situations.
Student and Teacher Sites
Selected Links for ESL Teachers
Selected Links for ESL Students
TESL Electronic Discussion Lists and Newsgroups -- at Linguistic Funland
The PuzzleMaker -- Word search, cryptograms, criss-cross puzzles; enter your text and print out a puzzle for the classroom
The Adult Education Teacher's Annotated Webliography - Reviews of websites for adult education and ESL
Student List Project -- Listservs for students
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
Internet Treasure Hunts for ESL Students -- A project of the Internet TESL journal
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA)
Karin's ESL PartyLand -- a comprehensive resource for both teachers and students
Accents in English with eViews -- Advanced listening comprehension
Verbex
Verbix is "an independent non-profit organization that aims to promote and protect linguistic diversity." The tools on their site "contain verb conjugations for hundreds of languages, ranging from national and international languages to regional and even extinct languages."
The free online version works great for instantly conjugating an enormous amount of verbs.
The free Verbix stuff (WebVerbix, FreeVerbix, and WikiVerb) provides plenty to work with for language learners and educators alike.
1) WebVerbix, a great free online verb conjugator for over eighty languages.
2) WikiVerb, a wiki site dedicated to languages, verbs, and verb conjugation.
3) FreeVerbix, a freeware version of the Verbix Windows software which bumps the number of available languages to above one hundred.
4) The Verbix website, where all three of the above and more (including the $40 paid version of Verbix 2008 for Windows) are available. Your purchase will support the non-profit group and expand the Verbix non-profit organization and web presence.
Australian Curriculum
The EAL/D resource has several related publications that include:
provides broad descriptions of the language characteristics of English language learners within each of four phases
may be used to identify where the student is in their English language development and what instruction is required to move them to the next stage of language development. A student may be at different stages in writing, reading, speaking and listening.
EAL/D annotated content descriptions: English Foundation to Year 10
EAL/D annotated content descriptions: Mathematics Foundation to Year 10
EAL/D annotated content descriptions: Science Foundation to Year 10
EAL/D annotated content descriptions: History Foundation to Year 10
Additional resources
Alternative curriculum recognition
Assessment
Queensland
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is an international standard for describing language ability. It describes language ability on a six-point scale, from A1 for beginners, up to C2 for those who have mastered a language. This makes it easy for anyone involved in language teaching and testing, such as teachers or learners, to see the level of different qualifications. It also means that employers and educational institutions can easily compare our qualifications to other exams in their country.
The relationship between Cambridge English, the CEFR and English Profile
Listen to an interview with Dr Nick Saville to find out about the importance of the CEFR worldwide
Download ‘Using the CEFR: Principles of good practice’
Read about ALTE and the Can-Do statements
Examples of Speaking test performance at CEFR Levels A2–C2
Find more information on the CEFR on the Council of Europe website
The BELL Foundation
The Bell Foundation offers a comprehensive range of resources to support English as an Additional Language (EAL) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teaching and development in UK and international schools and colleges, and the UK criminal justice system.
Research Teaching & Learning ESL Online
New Tools for Teaching - General article about the impact of the Internet on education
The Internet for English Teaching: Guidelines for Teachers Mark Warschauer and P. Fawn Whittaker
E-Mail Keypals for Language Fluency by Thomas N. Robb
Finding One's Own in Cyberspace Amy Bruckman
The MediaMOO Project: Constructionism and Professional Community Amy Bruckman and Mitchel Resnick
E-mail Attachments Deborah Healey - "Technology Tips of the Month"
The Internet and ESL: Resources and Roles Stephen Heimans
The Web as a Tool for Language Learning
Web Projects for the ESL/EFL Class: Famous Japanese Personages Thomas Robb
Internet-Based Projects for Business English Leslie Opp-Beckman and Kay Westerfield